First film title in Inglish

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Sat Aug 29 19:53:42 UTC 2009


Inglish was* discussed here be4!  But not lately!

(* = English: _has been_)!

JL

On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Bill Palmer <w_a_palmer at bellsouth.net>wrote:

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> Subject:      Re: First film title in Inglish
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> I'm glad Tom Z  asked, 'cause I was having a hard time figuring it out,
> too,
> but didn't want to admit that I didn't get it.
>
> Bill Palmer
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> From: "Jonathan Lighter" <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>  Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 3:11 PM
> Subject: Re: First film title in Inglish
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> > Poster:       Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> > Subject:      Re: First film title in Inglish
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> > Because it's Inglish! The hot, hot, hot new English of tomorrow spoken by
> > dudes and dudettes born yesterday!
> >
> > Dudes and dudettes who know it ain't what you say *or* the way that you
> > say
> > it!  (Or write it!)
> >
> > Language is changing and dudes and dudettes are changing it!  It's
> English
> > as he/she is spoke!  Why use the tired old language of the boring old
> past
> > when you can slip into something oh-so-much more comfortable?
> >
> > MMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmm..........Yeah!
> >
> > It's hot! It's now ! It's sexy! It's Inglish!
> >
> > JL
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Tom Zurinskas
> > <truespel at hotmail.com>wrote:
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> >> Poster:       Tom Zurinskas <truespel at HOTMAIL.COM>
> >> Subject:      Re: First film title in Inglish
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> >> Why "Inglish"?
> >>
> >> Tom Zurinskas=2C USA - CT20=2C TN3=2C NJ33=2C FL7+=20
> >> see truespel.com phonetic spelling
> >>
> >>
> >> =20
> >> =20
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> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >> =20
> >> > Date: Thu=2C 27 Aug 2009 13:55:00 -0400
> >> > From: wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
> >> > Subject: Re: First film title in Inglish
> >> > To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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> >> > Poster: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> >> > Subject: Re: First film title in Inglish
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> >> > Larry is correct.
> >> >=20
> >> > JL
> >> >=20
> >> > On Thu=2C Aug 27=2C 2009 at 1:45 PM=2C Laurence Horn
> >> > <laurence.horn at yale.
> >> =
> >> edu>wrote:
> >> >=20
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> >> > > Poster: Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
> >> > > Subject: Re: First film title in Inglish
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> >> > >
> >> > > At 1:15 PM -0400 8/27/09=2C Mark Mandel wrote:
> >> > > >What is "CHA=3DD0=3DAFLY"=2C which is how it came through here?
> >> > > >
> >> > > >m a m
> >> > >
> >> > > For "=3DD0=3D" read the Russian letter for "ya"=2C which is the
> >> backwar=
> >> ds
> >> > > "R" of "Toys ___ Us" and also more relevantly of "CHA_LY". That's
> >> > > the way I received it=2C and I assume the way Jon sent it--it's the
> >> > > movie from "Flowers for Algernon".
> >> > >
> >> > > LH
> >> > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > >On Fri=2C Aug 21=2C 2009 at 11:46 AM=2C Jonathan Lighter <
> >> > > wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> >> > > >wrote:
> >> > > >>
> >> > > >> "Inglourious Basterds."
> >> > > >>
> >> > > >> (Actually the second if you count "CHA=3DD0=3DAFLY.")
> >> > > >> (First movie ad was "The birds is coming=2C" but that's just
> >> > > punctuation.)
> >> > > >>
> >> > > >> Why fast-forward yourself to the 28th C. to chuckle at their
> >> > > "language=2C"
> >> > > >> when you can do it now for free?
> >> > > >
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